EU reviewing cases of rare body inflammation after COVID-19 shots

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(Reuters) – Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday it was reviewing cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome after inoculation with COVID-19 vaccines, following a report of a similar case with Pfizer/BioNTech’s shot.

The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee is also looking into cases of blood clots in the vein with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the regulator said, adding that the issue was distinct from a rare side-effect identified earlier.

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